Category Archives: Around the Blogosphere

Here’s a post from the Washington Legal Foundation blog regarding its recent filing of an amicus curiae brief in the Cappuccitti v. DirecTV litigation: On August 18, 2010, WLF urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider a recent panel opinion that would severely undermine the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). [...]

We told you this case was a big deal, and predicted that it would attract attention all over the country (no major crystal ball required for that prediction).  We also told you that the CAFA Law Blog would try to bring you information on what was going on around the blogosphere about the Cappuccitti v. DirecTV Eleventh Circuit decision, and [...]

The Eleventh Circuit’s decision last week in Cappuccitti v. DirecTV has already caused quite a stir aound the Blogosphere.  We’re going to bring you some of the commentary from other blogs over the next few days.  Here’s a post from the Mayer Brown site to whet your appetite: Eleventh Circuit Decision Threatens To Eliminate Federal Jurisdiction [...]

Around the Blogosphere: Pharmaceutical Representatives Reap Millions as Whistleblowers Anytime we at the CAFA Law Blog see a post that has “millions” in the headline, we’re interested. Even though this post doesn’t directly relate to our bread and butter, the Class Action Fairness Act, we thought our readers might be interested in this post from the [...]

Arnold & Porter’s Consumer Advertising Law Blog, reported late last week on the status of the long-running Nexium class action litigation – the plaintiffs and their counsel likely had terrible cases of acid reflux over the weekend after learning that U. S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno had granted AstraZeneca’s motion to dismiss for failure to state [...]

The U. S. Supreme Court applied an ancient Chinese maxim to a class arbitration entitlement questions in an opinion issued earlier this week: “No tickee, no washee.” Or something like that. Anyway, here’s the scoop from Stanford law student Vivian Wang on the SCOTUS Blog. Stolt-Nielson S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International (08-1198) In Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds (No. 08-1198), the [...]

Here’s an interesting post from Michael Hassen at the Class Action Defense Blog on a recent Ninth Circuit case involving RESPA and California UCL claims and preemption. Take a look: Class Action Alleging Violations of Federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) Properly Dismissed by District Court because Class [...]

In keeping with the CAFA Law Blog’s commitment to poke around the blogosphere and bring you readers items of interest to the Class Action practitioner, here’s an interesting post from the Mass Tort Defense Blog regarding last week’s Seventh Circuit decision in the American Honda v. Allen case related to expert testimony as part of the certification [...]

Here’s a little tidbit from our friends over at the Mass Tort Defense Blog for all of you class action information junkies . . . Federal Court Dismisses Device "Consumer" Claims Watkins v. Omni Life Science, Inc., 2010 WL 809820 (D.Mass. 2010). Posted on April 6, 2010 by Sean Wajert A federal court last month [...]

The Mass Tort Defense Blog has a good post this week on the Seventh Circuit decision on the FDCPA in Dekoven v. Plaza Associates, with an interesting twist on certification-related expert testimony. Take a look. Seventh Circuit Decides FDCPA Class Claims And Offers Survey Guidance Posted on March 29, 2010 by Sean Wajert The Seventh Circuit recently [...]